Yasmin Rufo & Danny Fullbrook BBC News Island Records The alternative artwork for her album shows her holding onto a suited man Sabrina Carpenter has revealed alternative artwork “approved by God” for her new album after the original cover sparked controversy. Earlier in June, the Espresso singer shared art for her album, Man’s Best Friend,...
Danny Fullbrook Culture reporter Official Charts The Jarvis Cocker fronted band is celebrating its first number one album in 27 years Rock band Pulp have achieved their first official number one album in 27 years with their new release More. The Sheffield band have not topped the album chart since they released This Is Hardcore...
Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images AJ Tracey performed at Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival in May AJ Tracey is back with his first album in four years, and this time it’s personal. “I’ve avoided speaking about quite personal things,” he says, reflecting on his earlier music. The rapper, real name Ché Wolton Grant, tells...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Liz Seymour The Pink Floyd album artwork, which was shot at Saunton Sands and contains metal framed beds has been recreated (above) by the campaign group A campaign group against plans to bring an electricity cable from an offshore wind farm onshore at a Devon beach have staged a...
Part of the Series The Road to Abolition “I don’t fuck with none of y’all cops,” rapped Julius Smith, aka Prince Jooveh, on the song “Hands Up.” “Eighty percent of y’all are cowards, y’all stay up in our business.” In one hand, he held a phone to hear the trap beat. In the other, he...
Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Lorde describes her upcoming album as “saying everything I needed to say about a whole lot of different stuff” Singer Lorde says collaborating with Charli XCX gave her more confidence to explore her vulnerabilities with her new music. The singer-songwriter from New Zealand is gearing up to release her...
Alexander Stevanovic BBC News, Essex Getty Images Stormzy said writing an album on Osea Island was a “surreal, spiritual experience” A secluded island where Stormzy wrote an album is on sale – and expected to go for more than £25m ($33m). Osea Island in the Blackwater Estuary near Maldon in Essex is owned by music...
The story behind Simon and Garfunkel’s most famous album, Bridge over Troubled Water. Read full article at source...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Who Believes In Angels? is Sir Elton’s first album with country singer Brandi Carlile Sir Elton John says he is “blown away” after scoring the 10th UK number one album of his career. Who Believes In Angels?, a collaboration with US country star Brandi Carlile, has topped the charts...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Jarvis Cocker said the new music had been recorded over three weeks in the first half of 2024 Indie icons Pulp have announced a new album, More, and shared their first single in almost 24 years, called Spike Island. Speaking on BBC 6 Music, frontman Jarvis Cocker said the...
Pulp announce new album first New Album in almost 24 years “More” to be released 6.6.2025 Watch the video to first single ‘Spike Island’ here: UK tour in June including two sold out nights at the 02 London Pulp are happy to announce their new album “More”, their first in almost twenty-four years...
Fantazmaz, pictured, are a Brazilian punk band relocated to the UK, now joined by former UK Subs drummer Jamie Oliver. Their debut self-titled album will be released July 4th on their own Ghetto Bitch Records and the ferocious thirty second single taken from it called ‘Dead On The Way Home’, is a cheeky little number. ...
Eureka Machines: Everything Stream | CD | Vinyl Out 11th April It’s been a while, but the irrepressibly ebullient Eureka Machines come bounding back with the unbridled enthusiasm of an untrained puppy and another helping of fantastic tunes full of wit, charm and realism. Eureka Machines could write a song about a storm cloud and...
Primitive Knot: Feral Codex (self-released) DL | CDr Out Now BUY HERE 3.5 out of 5.0 stars3.5 Andy Brown reviews Feral Codex, the new album of industrial dread from Primitive Knot. He shares his thoughts for Louder Than War. They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but album artwork can certainly...
Instant Holograms On Metal Film, the first new album from Stereolab in 15 years will be released May 23 2025, via Duophonic UHF Disks / Warp Records. Pre-order the album HERE. Listen to Aerial Troubles, the first single shared from the album HERE. Featuring thirteen songs written by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane; performed by...